The inspection cruise through the Philippine leprosaria (Culion, Iloilo, Cebu, Legaspi) which 25 world-famed leprosy experts pursued last week served to remind Society that: 1) leprosy still ulcerates the entire earth;* 2) myriads of lepers are segregated (12,000 in the Philippines) ; 3) 2,000,000-3,000,000 cases are at large: 4) the germ of leprosy closely resembles the germ of tuberculosis; 5) leprosy is not especially communicable, far less so than syphilis; 6) cleanliness and general hygiene prevent leprosy's spread; 7) lepers' children are not born leprous, but catch the disease when very young, and...
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